Ask HN: How many angels read HN?

9 pointsjoshu5 comments

I'm mostly a product guy, but I'm an occasional angel too.

So, out of curiosity: reveal yourselves and talk a bit about what you look for in a startup.

I look for a team I like and a product that is what I think of as "market-shaped" - a meetingplace for transactions, either financial or otherwise.

I also generally don't consider a company I wouldn't work at (are the founders someone I would work for?) or a product I wouldn't work on.

I could imagine that a lot of angels wouldn't want to reveal themselves here in fear of being overrun by wannabe entrepreneurs. I'm sure there are quite a few though. If I was an angel this is a place I would definitely watch.

I'm more interested in this place because of the methods exposed, the technologies used, etc.

One thing I've learned about being an angel is you get to say No a whole lot. So I'm not really afraid of being overrun.

Out of curiosity, have you ever invested or do you know someone that invested in a company from initial contact here on HN?

No. A lot of stuff here isn't really fundable. Some is too meh, some is too bootstrappy (which is awesome, mind you) and some is too conflicty.

I'm in three YC companies so far, but I found them at YC, not here.

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